November 2008

I think that pretty much every e-mail I’ve received for the past few days has involved some kind of coupon or deal or percentage, and I’ve tried to cover each one in a post, but there’s just too many, so here’s a bumper sized post that has a looooad (15, to be precise) of deals in it.

4. 50% off all tees at Beandip Clothing, no coupon needed, not sure if this one goes on all weekend, so you don’t have too long to get in on the action.

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5. Even though they’re British, Urban Retro are getting into the coupon code madness, use code XMAS25 to get 25% off your order this weekend.

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6. There seems to be a bit of small print to this one (as you can see at the bottom of the image), but 30% is still a good deal, especially when you can knock that off items which are already on sale. Also, WEGOBBLE is a pretty cute coupon code, well done Tobi.

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7. Fred Flare are offering free shipping this weekend (which is a $7.95 value) by using the coupon code MO, sure, it’s not the biggest deal on the list, but at least you can’t complain about the shipping prices!

Now that you’re rolling out of bed and trying to recover from that turkey coma, it’s time to do some serious shopping. Today is the day you’ve been waiting for your entire life! Randomshirts.com….buy 3 shirts…get 2 free. Go, now. You won’t regret it. Remember …every time you buy 3 shirts you get 2 for free ALL day. That means if you buy 6 you’ll get 4 free, if you buy 9 you’ll get 6 free..and so on. We are confident that you can get all your holiday shopping done for the rest of your life on this one day. Simply add all your shirts to the cart to see the discount!

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9. Get 30% off your order at 80s Purple by using the coupon code black08, offer valid until Monday.

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10. There’s 30-60% off selected items this weekend at Mishka NYC, and you can get another 10% off your order (on top of the sale savings) by using the discount code BLACKFRIDAY.

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11. Sure The Cotton Factory‘s flyer isn’t the flashiest but it gets the job done! Use coupon code BLITZKRIEG from now until Monday for 15% off your order.

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12. Split Reason are offering a healthy 20% off everything by using the coupon code BLACKFRIDAY.

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13. Nukod are doing something for Franco-American relations and are getting involved with the discount fun.

Orders over 60 Euros get 30% OFF > use discount code NUKOD30 at checkout
Orders over 100 Euros get 40% OFF > use discount code NUKOD40 at checkout

16. There’s 20% off at Mediocore Clothing until Sunday, using the coupon code AWESOME, maybe you could put that saving towards the tee above that is currently on pre-order.

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17. Johnny Cupcake‘s offering for Black Friday this year is a 20% coupon code (SANTA) that you can use online, or print off the coupon above and take it into any of the JC bricks & mortar stores, which is a cool addition. Valid until December 2nd.

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18. This one isn’t just for Black Friday since it goes on until January 1st, but its a decent deal so I thought I’d include it. £3/$6 off each Bang Bang T-Shirts tee ain’t half bad, and remember, there’s free worldwide shipping on all orders.

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19. KosherHam.com have HYA up with a coupon code which lasts for more than the rest of the weekend, it lasts all the way to January 5th! Just use the code HYA and you’ll get 10% off your order.

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20. Paper Root Clothing have got up to 50% off their shirts and also a few $5 grab bags, no fancy schmancy coupon code necessary.

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21. You’ve only got 4 hours before this code goes dead. Hunty from MySoti got drunk, no, really, and he set up a coupon code for 20% off your order, it’s drunkenmadness and it will be gone soon, so if you’ve had your eye on something over there this is a good opportunity to pick it up.

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22. Get 20% off at Catastrophic Clothing with the coupon code BLACKFRIDAY… obviously. *Now running through to Monday.

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23. hoodie People have knocked 25% off their Upper Playground (mens here, womens here) range, I don’t know what the expiration date is on it, but the coupon code is upsalehoodies.

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24. Now that is a good deal to end this post on, Glarkware have got some very, very, cheap items, and you don’t even need a coupon code!

Teach the Controversy have got a few new tees up in their store that continue to point out how stupid a lot of things are, such as the earth being 6000 years old… which it isn’t. They’re also running a ‘Buy More Save More’ sale/coupon code, in which if you buy two tees, you can get 20% off using the coupon codeBUYMORE6, but if you buy three or more items you can get 25% off with the coupon code BUYMORE7. That offer runs until Sunday, and is also available on Amorphia Apparel, and Wear Science!, I’m not sure if you can order a tee from each site and combine them to use the coupon though.

I hadn’t heard of Loyal To Your Soul before, and I’m not that interested in about half of the designs (there’s some that are well worth your attention though, like this Eagle one, peep the gallery), but when every tee is $8 you can’t help but take a look.

Use coupon codeBLACKFRIDAY to get 20% off through November 29th! Also, while supplies last, I’ll throw in an out of print shirt from our archives (aka, some boxes in the corner of my office). I’ll try to make it in a size you’ve ordered, and if you wanna make a request for a particular one I’ll see what I can do, but I can’t make any guarantees since I have no idea exactly how many I have of any of the old designs.

Now get out there and buy a tee that you don’t totally understand, but love anyway.

One of the reasons why I like streetwear companies is because they seem to really enjoy trying something different and pushing the envelope, and these tees by CLOT are a great example of that. From certain angles, this range of tees look as if they just have a solid pattern on them, but then if you catch them just right a hidden messages is revealed, saying something apparently powerful though actually kind of meaning-less like “Fuck the Paparazzi,” “Only God can Judge Me,” and “Sex is not a crime.”

The set will launch November 25th, 2008 at the Juice store in Hong Kong and Clotinc.com while the white “Sex is not a crime” version will be exclusively sold at Malaysia’s Playground.

I’m a little annoyed that I’ve just found about about this Juice store in Hong Kong, because it looks really cool and I never went there back in February, despite staying in a hotel that was less than 10 minutes walk from Causeway Bay the shopping Mecca (it was amazing) where the shop is located.

As well as seven new tees (peep the rest in the gallery), Mini Cassette have also put a lot of their older designs on sale. I wish I had more time to write about these tees, because they’re pretty cool, but after a long day of mixing concrete it’s pretty hard to do anything but phone it in!

As far as names for clothing labels go, The Elegant Soundrel is an excellent one. The designs don’t quite follow on from what I assumed I’d see when I clicked on the link, but I still think that they’re pretty good, with uses of pink that I almost find acceptable. Expect to find a couple of pre-orders, and frustratingly the Marilyn Monroe tee is sold out, but still, I see potential!

Beandip are pretty much the oldest of HYAs e-buddies, we don’t see so much of each other anymore, but I’m always happy to find an e-mail from them, especially when that e-mail contains some totally badass designs.

1. Ugmonk have a new tee which follows on in their usual enjoyable typographical style. They’re well on the way to cornering the “big number, small message” market.

2. From today (well, yesterday, sorry), until December 10th, you can get 12% off your order at Ugmonk by using the coupon codeHYAGIVE.

3. I know I’ve put this one third, but it really should be the most important item (let’s just pretend I thought I was saving the best until last). Ugmonk will donate $1 to Operation Christmas Child for each shirt sold between Wednesday, November 26 and Wednesday, December 10. I’m not a fan of charity being linked to religion, but I quite like OCC, so I’m willing to let it slide this once.

It’s winter, and Yackfou are German, so they’ve done the sensible thing and created a collection that includes a healthy percentage of hoodies. By the way, I’m not saying they’re sensible because they’re German, I’m not intending to stereotype them, I just imagine that they winter can be pretty chilly in Germany.

That title isn’t actually the name of the design, its a little bit more clever than that, can anyone work it out?

I got a quick, and rather excited, note from Dale Edwin Murray letting my know about his first ever win at Threadless. Considering that there’s a site-wide sale on at the moment this might be a good time to pick it up if you’re a fan. Well done Dale!

This hoodie isn’t actually new, and the design has been up at Go Ape Shirts for a couple of years, but it’s nice to finally see some real life pictures of it so that you can get a better feel for how it looks on the hoodie.

This post has nothing to do with John McEnroe, or tennis at all, but sometimes I just like to run with these silly titles.

Ucon have got new designs, new flash catalogues (which are actually quite cool), and a new website too. I know that Ucon aren’t the flashiest brand I’ve written about, but I think I’d happily wear absolutely everything that they produce, and that is a great quality for a company to have.

If, for some reason, you don’t want to buy your tees from Your Eyes Lie’s own store, you can now pick them up at Limitees. Because the pound is currently tumbling against the euro like Gloucestermen chasing a wheel of cheese (god damn us Brits are eccentric), the prices are pretty much equal at both stores.